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The Fall and Sin: What We Have Become as Sinners is unavailable, but you can change that!

The devastating evils of recent history have brought about renewed interest in the Christian doctrine of sin. This volume explores with fresh insight and great seriousness the contemporary plausibility, meaning, and relevance of the biblical understanding of the Fall and its effects. Marguerite Shuster argues that certain aspects of the traditional doctrine of the Fall, including the belief that...

(Luke 11:4) be forgiven presumes universal sinfulness, as does the role of Jesus as the one who will save the people from their sins (Matt. 1:21; also John 1:29). Jesus does not hesitate to address a group with the assumption that they are evil (Matt. 7:11; Luke 11:13; see also John 8:44). In the General Epistles, we find the unequivocal assertion of 1 John 1:8–10: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just
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